Morning journal and courier., 1887-01-14
A CURIOUS BLUNDBR.

| Council Meets to Ordafa a Pastor
But Postponed as There Was No Call
Voted.
WATERBURY, Conn, Jan. 13.-To-day a
council of Congregational churches assem-
bled at Eagle Rock Congregational church,
| Reynolds Bridge, to ordain Uursinus Mohr,
| who has been serving that people. Rev. f.
Hillard, of Plymouth, was chosen modera-
| tor. The customary documents were called
for, when it appeared that no vote had been
taken either by the church or by the society
to call council The society had voted to
| invite Mr.. Morn to act as pastor indefinitely,
| but through inadvertence not action
had been taken by the church also. The
latter missive had to be signed by the clerks
of the church and society without previous
action as a basis. Under the circum-
stances the council had really no existence.
Informal discussion brought to light the fact
Mr.. Mohr did not understand that ordination
carried with it installation and was in COM
munication with the prudential committee of
the American Board, who look upon him
favorably as candidate for missionary work
in Foo Chow, China. It also TRANSFERRED that
Mr.. Mohr was a member of the College street
church, New Haven, and that if he
were simply to be ordained to the
foreign field that church should
dain him. Under the circumstances
all action was necessarily postponed with the
understanding that council should soon be
called for. Mr.. Mohr's ordenation and install
lation or that his membership should be
transferred to the Eagle Rock church and
that he should be ordained by that church to
the foreign work. Mr.. Mohr is a son of Rev.
Franklin J. Mohr of the Quakertown, Pa. Ger
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Theological seminary and young man of
considerable talent. As Rev. DR.. Joseph
Anderson of the American congress of
churches fame had been expected to preach
after the ordination it was decided to hold
services in the afternoon. By singular
coincidence his text was sfBut he seemed as
one that Knocked unto his sons-in law"
THE GERMAN ARMY BILL.
Bismarck Makes a strong Appeal In
the Reichstag.
BERLIN, Jan. 13.-In the Reichstag to-day
Prince Bismarck spoke of the want of stabil-
ity of the press. "Papers," he said, ''even
ask us to use the soldiers of Germany to bar
Russia's road to Constantinople. This might
be to the interest of England, but we have
difficult task to maintain peace between the
powers both friendly to and we to them.
Had I acted in 1867 in the Luxem-
bourg question, not a mediator, but
in the manner [ am now asked to act we
should not have had to meet one bloody
war; but we should have had to meet many,
and for many years. If Russia attacks us
we must and shall defend ourselves to the
last drop of blood. At present Russia has
no cause to attack us, nor have we any rea-
son to attack her" Continuing, Prince Bis
marck declared that there vas no comparison
between the treaty with Italy in 1866 and the
agreement of the King of Hanover with Ma
poleon.
Dr. Windthorst again pointed to the potent
fact that the proper Interpretation of the
the Chanc-llor's ideas of political and eco
nomic policy.
Prince Bismarck-The constitution plainly
directs that the Emperor shall fix the stand
ard of effective army. If the Reich
stag refuses to grant the Emperor
demands the King of Prussia has still the
source of appealing the Landtag, which will
undoubtedly grant them. We wish to pre-
serve, you wish to encroach We retain our
old domain, but you seek privileges and
rights which you do not now
possess. Concluding Prince Bismarck said:
If the government finds that it cannot deal
with the Reichstag it certainly will not de-
part from it's constitutional right of dissolv-
ing the body.
The Reichstag adjourned until tomorrow
when a division will be taken.